Japan disaster.

[Baby Grand]

I would disagree with your "knock out punch" assessment. . .

Yeah - probably not the best choice of words.

 

[IslandTractor]

Ridiculous that you are worried about parts for your tractor when the people of Japan are dying as we speak!

You should maybe worry more about the fallout that could affect the USA and Canada

Here's a video showing the possibility

YouTube - Japan More news and Evac Reactor 4 fire and third blast

1) No one is saying tractor parts are a priority and it is just a discussion that opens up the questions of long term effects of this disaster. The people of Japan are not dying as we speak. Please don't exaggerate. The tsunami deaths virtually all occurred within 15 minutes of the event and there is nothing any of us can do to prevent those. The survivors are in difficult and uncomfortable circumstances but there is absolutely no evidence that anyone is "dying as we speak". Calm down.

2) The Youtube link provided was just to a news conference in Japan that most of us have already heard. The graphic on the screen was not discussed and I don't know who drew it or calculated the exposures presented. Most intelligent balanced scientific discussions on the news have clearly characterized the Japanese "melt down" as a different (smaller) order of magnitude from Chernobyl. No one has implied that there would be serious risk to US residents even if melt down does occur. In Chernobyl the reactor core was blown into the sky and vaporized. That is not a plausible scenario here, not even worst case. There is no question that the current situation is an awful mess but let's not start exaggerating risk.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

Kubota sent all the dealers an update on whats happened. They where basicly unaffected. Their most northern factory shut down for two days given what had happened, but will be running tomarrow. If there are complications it would be things that happen on a national scale.

There is no question that the current situation is an awful mess but let's not start exaggerating risk.

No doubt these is a lot of unfounded freakout happening. Cable news needs its weekly crisis for ratings.

 

[IslandTractor]

No doubt these is a lot of unfounded freakout happening. Cable news needs its weekly crisis for ratings.

And Anderson Cooper needs a venue for his silly news entertainment theatrics and to build up his frequent flier miles too.

 

[ericher69]

Islandtractor

Don't exaggerate? Have you watched the news and the satellite photo's?

How do you know that people are not dying as we speak? I cannot prove that anyone is but unless you have any type of experience (emergency related) then I cannot accept your claim that most people died in the first 15 minutes.

How many people trapped under rubble could be dying now?

Not arguing just saying

Glad to hear Kubota factory will be open in a few days

 

[houstonscott]

If you need parts or filters I would stock up now.

HS

 

[IslandTractor]

Ericher69 I understand your point. However, the deaths in a tsunami are overwhelmingly by drowning (less than 15 min) or by severe trauma (hit by big debris etc while in the water). If you are trapped under debris you are usually also underwater for at least ten minutes and will drown. Unlike some other types of disaster, a tsunami is a horribly efficient killer.

I did work in Banda Aceh right after the 2004 tsunami that killed 150,000 in one city. There were very few injured a few days later as almost all the injured drowned immediately. Most of those that did not drown bled to death or died of shock days before the first emergency medical teams arrived. Medical teams dealt mostly with walking wounded or those who developed pneumonia after near drowning. Very different than a real earthquake situation like Haiti where injured trapped people definitely need rescuing and benefit from aggressive medical care. .

Islandtractor

Don't exaggerate? Have you watched the news and the satellite photo's?

How do you know that people are not dying as we speak? I cannot prove that anyone is but unless you have any type of experience (emergency related) then I cannot accept your claim that most people died in the first 15 minutes.

How many people trapped under rubble could be dying now?

Not arguing just saying

Glad to hear Kubota factory will be open in a few days

 

[zoltanthegypsy]

Yike. Flame wars on the tractor forum? May I respectfully suggest a quick time-out, or maybe everybody take a deep breath and count to 10?

My son lives in Japan. He's OK, but I reserve the right to be worried as ****. Lots of people are not OK. It breaks my heart, really.

That said, it seems that a resposible manufacturer or vendor could be excused for wondering about their business' future.

Let's focus our thoughts on those in need, but maybe we can let life here (wherever that may be) go on a little too.

Down off the soap box now. Let's stay friends.

Z.

 

[Tachdriver]

I hope and pray for all those unfortunate people what were in the line of fire from this disaster. And I hope those reactors cool down. Japan is one of our very best allies. I also have friends in Japan. They will recover and shine better than before, but it's going to take time.


Later

 

[ericher69]

The big threat here is the nuclear reactors...

Obviously for the people around and even a continent away. Natural disasters are one thing but nuclear fallout and radiation contamination is a whole other story. Let's hope that nobody is covering up just how dire the situation really is!